Authors :
Mohammad Abdul Mazed
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/43uxUln
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/4eust558
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8138900
Abstract :
Safe and widely accessible water is critical for
people's health. Due to the violence against their ethnic
group in Myanmar, an estimated one million Rohingyas
have fled. They are currently residing in a makeshift
settlement on the steep terrain of Cox's Bazar, where
there are insufficient water and sanitary services, which
has led to the spread of diseases like cholera, typhoid, and
diarrhea. This is a descriptive type of cross-sectional
study that reports socio demographic characteristics,
knowledge & awareness of potable water and the effect of
chlorinated water on the prevalence of waterborne
illnesses at Rohingya settlement, kutupalong, cox’s bazar,
Bangladesh. A pre-tested, data collection has been done
properly using a semi-structured, modified interview
administered questionnaire. The use of non-probability
purposive sampling techniques has been tested after
participant face-to-face interviews. The result shows that
respondents were 38% male and 62%) female. A total of
92% people were receiving sufficient water from
Chlorinated zone and 86% people were receiving water
from non-Chlorinated sources. 124 respondents (83%)
were found familiar with water born disease in
Chlorinated zone and 113 respondents (75%) were found
familiar with water borne diseases in non-chlorinated
area. As water borne diseases, majority of the
respondents (235 &163) mentioned Diarrhea and
secondly Typhoid in this study. It was found that 25%
from Chlorinated zone and 55% from non-chlorinated
zone respondents’ any family member/s suffered by any
water borne diseases during last 3 months. A summary
can be concluded from the analysis that, chlorinated
water supply ensure much more water available and has
significant impact on reducing the rate of water borne
diseases comparatively.
Safe and widely accessible water is critical for
people's health. Due to the violence against their ethnic
group in Myanmar, an estimated one million Rohingyas
have fled. They are currently residing in a makeshift
settlement on the steep terrain of Cox's Bazar, where
there are insufficient water and sanitary services, which
has led to the spread of diseases like cholera, typhoid, and
diarrhea. This is a descriptive type of cross-sectional
study that reports socio demographic characteristics,
knowledge & awareness of potable water and the effect of
chlorinated water on the prevalence of waterborne
illnesses at Rohingya settlement, kutupalong, cox’s bazar,
Bangladesh. A pre-tested, data collection has been done
properly using a semi-structured, modified interview
administered questionnaire. The use of non-probability
purposive sampling techniques has been tested after
participant face-to-face interviews. The result shows that
respondents were 38% male and 62%) female. A total of
92% people were receiving sufficient water from
Chlorinated zone and 86% people were receiving water
from non-Chlorinated sources. 124 respondents (83%)
were found familiar with water born disease in
Chlorinated zone and 113 respondents (75%) were found
familiar with water borne diseases in non-chlorinated
area. As water borne diseases, majority of the
respondents (235 &163) mentioned Diarrhea and
secondly Typhoid in this study. It was found that 25%
from Chlorinated zone and 55% from non-chlorinated
zone respondents’ any family member/s suffered by any
water borne diseases during last 3 months. A summary
can be concluded from the analysis that, chlorinated
water supply ensure much more water available and has
significant impact on reducing the rate of water borne
diseases comparatively.
